Campus Student Enrollment Reporting Resources

Specifications for reporting student enrollment and awards conferred data to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education has been collecting data on students enrolled in Minnesota's public and private institutions since 1983. Specifications for reporting data to the Office of Higher Education for two student databases, Student Enrollment Record Database (SERDB), and Awards Conferred are contained below.

Spreadsheet Template

Sending data in a comma-delimited formatted file is preferred. However, a spreadsheet template is provided as an alternative. The templates outline how to provide data via Microsoft Excel. There are separate templates for enrollment and awards conferred data.

Search for CIP

The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes are the national taxonomic standard on academic program titles. Search the 2010 CIP Codes on the Web or in print. CIP codes are needed to report student's fields of program or study for the enrollment and awards conferred database.

CIP was originally developed by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1980, with revisions occurring in 1985, 1990, 2000 and 2010.